Education
He graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables, Florida and played collegiately for Georgia Technical and professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills (1964–1965), and the Miami Dolphins (1966–1967).
Career
He also played in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons. He is most remembered for returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the Dolphins in their first regular-season football game in 1966, against the Oakland Raiders. Subsequently, he was the Dolphins" Most Valuable Player.
Auer is best known as a professional American football player.
He played college football at Georgia Technical, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, and then traded that preseason to the Buffalo Bills for a first round draft pick, where he played for two years as the starting running back on their 1964 and 1965 championship team
He then played for the Miami Dolphins before ending his career with the Atlanta Falcons. Auer is most famous for taking the opening kickoff in the Miami Dolphins" first-ever game in 1966 and returning it 95 yards for a touchdown.
He went on to be the Dolphins’ leading scorer that year.
Not surprisingly, he became the Dolphins" first Most Valuable Player. He then began Competitive Edge Motorsports, racing both the Busch and Nextel Cup Series in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing between 2004 and 2006.